STURBRIDGE -- "Dancing With Local Stars," a fund-raiser for the Tri-Town Domestic Violence Task Force, will be held April 26 at 7 p.m. in the Old Sturbridge Village Theater.

Detective Erin Hastings, a full-time 911 dispatch supervisor with the Massachusetts State Police Regional Dispatch Center, in New Braintree, and a part-time member of the Wales Police Department, since 2005, will be dancing with Vlad Astafiev, a European champion Latin dance instructor.

Hastings has served as an EMT on Brimfield Ambulance and as Emergency Manager for the Town of Wales. In a release, Hastings said she "couldn't say no" to "such a great cause," despite comparing her dance skills to a "bull in china shop."

Astafiev is professional Latin Division competitor from the Ukraine, who has been competing regionally, nationally and internationally, since he was 9 years old. In 2009, he came to this country to continue his dancing career, according to the release.

Tickets for the event are $12; $10 seniors and children.
To reserve tickets, call (413) 297-5430.